Jiang Baili

Jiang Baili (1882-4 November 1938) was a general of the Republic of China during the Warlord Era and the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Biography
Jiang Baili was born in Zhejiang, China in 1882, and he joined the Tongmenghui while studying abroad in Japan. Jiang attended the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Japan and continued his military education in the German Empire, and he became principal of the Baoding Military Academy after the success of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. In 1913, he became a military adviser to President Yuan Shikai, only to join Cai E during his uprising against Yuan. Jiang later served in Wu Peifu's army, but he left him in 1926 due to political disagreements. From 1930 to 1931, he was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek for treason, but he was released so that he could help Chiang with drafting plans for the defense of China from Japan in the preparation for the Invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Jiang urged Nazi Germany and Italy to support China if war broke out, and he convinced Zhang Xueliang to release Chiang in 1936 in order to unify the Chinese. He was promoted to general after his 1938 death.